Current Volunteer Opportunities
Befriending and Mentoring Volunteer
To visit clients who may be experiencing isolation and loneliness and offer support and companionship. You will also support and encourage individuals to participate in the community. The role can be based across Leicester City, County, and Rutland.
I and A Form Filler Volunteer (Dementia Support Service)
This volunteering role is to support the I&A Dementia Support Service (DSS) Benefits Advisor who is responsible for providing benefit advice to clients 18+ who have a formal diagnosis of dementia, their families, and carers.
Re-use Centre Shop Volunteer
Volunteers required assisting customers, principally members of the public, to make purchases of clothes and miscellaneous items donated to the charity in a shop setting. You must be able to act as shop cashier as well as maintain and assist in stock control. Major tasks include preparing donated items for sale, which may consist of sorting and steam pressing clothing, washing, and cleaning items of bric-a-brac, polishing furniture, and preparing books.
Carers Support Volunteer
A volunteer is required to support the work of the information and advice worker in providing general support to Carers.
Group Support Volunteer (Dementia Support Service)
To assist staff in the delivery of groups to people affected by dementia and carers
Day Care Volunteer/Passenger Assistant
We are looking for volunteers to help our day care organisers to develop and maintain our wellbeing services. The role involves working to support activities, including planned excursions. Main duties will consist of providing support and assistance to users of our day care groups.
As a Passenger Assistant, you would also be assisting Age UK service users that attend our day centres via Age UK Transport. The main duties involve assisting the Minibus driver in collecting and returning service users from their residence, assisting service users to and from the vehicle, alerting the driver to any issues while in travel - alongside assisting at the day centre in between journeys with activities, service user support, trips out and meals.
Bucket Collectors
We are looking for Volunteers to help raise money for the charity by standing inside/outside buildings with a collection bucket.
Shop Assistant
Volunteers required assisting customers, principally members of the public, to make purchases of clothes and miscellaneous items donated to the charity in a ‘High Street’ shop setting. You must be able to act as shop cashier as well as maintain and assist in stock control. Major tasks include preparing donated items for sale, which may consist of sorting and steam pressing clothing, washing and cleaning items of bric-a-brac, polishing furniture and preparing books.
Warehouse Assistant
We need volunteers to help assist customers, principally members of the public, to make purchases of furniture and miscellaneous items donated to the charity in a warehouse setting. You must be able to act as shop cashier as well as maintain and assist in stock control. Major tasks include preparing donated items for sale, which may consist of sorting, cleaning, and polishing furniture.
Catering Assistant
We are looking for volunteers to help on various days and different times in our ‘Seasons Restaurant,’ at Clarence House. Duties include; food preparation, pot washing, clearing tables, and helping customers. Experience not needed, but good communication skills, and a friendly nature is required.